TY  - GEN
T1  - Experimental nations, or, The invention of the Maghreb
T2  - Translation/transnation.
A1  - Bensmaïa, Réda
A2  - Waters, Alyson, 1955-
LA  - English
LA  - French
PP  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Princeton University Press
YR  - 2003
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn436089380
AB  - Jean-Paul Sartre's famous question, "For whom do we write?" strikes close to home for francophone writers from the Maghreb. Do these writers address their compatriots, many of whom are illiterate or read no French, or a broader audience beyond Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia? In Experimental Nations, Reda Bensmaia argues powerfully against the tendency to view their works not as literary creations worth considering for their innovative style or language but as "ethnographic" texts and to appraise them only against the "French literary canon." He casts fresh light on the original literary strateg
OP  - 215
CN  - PQ3988.5.N6 B46613  2003eb
SN  - 9781400825646
SN  - 1400825644
SN  - 9780691089362
SN  - 0691089361
SN  - 9780691089379
SN  - 069108937X
KW  - North African literature (French) : History and criticism.
KW  - Littérature maghrébine (française) : Histoire et critique.
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : French.
KW  - North African literature (French)
KW  - Natievorming.
KW  - Beeldvorming.
KW  - Letterkunde.
KW  - Frans.
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc.
ER  -